E-commerce, human resource strategies, and competitive advantage: Two Australian banking case studies

International Journal of Electronic Commerce

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 74-89

  Blount, Yvette ^a   Castleman, Tanya ^b   Swatman, Paula M C ^c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Banking industry; E commerce; Human resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 19844382162     PISSN: 10864415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10864415.2005.11044335     Document Type: Article

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